Celebrating the Women of
Marvel cover art series is Sideshow's Women of Marvel: Sue Storm
Comiquette based on the stunning work of comic artist Jelena
Djurdjevic. Each piece is individually painted and finished,
each with its own unique quality and detail that is the
trademark of a handcrafted Sideshow Collectibles product. The
Sideshow's Women of Marvel: Sue Storm Comiquette is an
outstanding addition to any collection, perfect for any Marvel
display.

BACKSTORY:

Susan Storm and her brother Johnny had a happy
childhood until their mother Mary died in a car crash. Their
father, celebrated surgeon Doctor Franklin Storm, survived the
accident without injury but was unable to save his wife despite
his best medical efforts. His spirit broken, Dr. Storm abandoned
his practice, becoming a gambler and a drunk, and eventually
went to prison after he accidentally killed an underworld loan
shark during a struggle. Sue became more like a mother than a
sister to Johnny thereafter, though both were soon placed in the
custody of their loving aunt. While she was still quite young,
Sue became smitten with her aunt's handsome and brilliant
tenant, science prodigy Reed Richards, then a university
student. During her own college years, Sue began doing some
minor acting and modeling work and renewed her contact with
Reed, dating him steadily for some time. Reed's old friend Ben
Grimm took an interest in Sue as well, though she remained loyal
to Reed.

When a sudden loss of funding threatened to derail Reed's
experimental starship project, Reed urged his pilot, Ben, to
join him in making an unauthorized test flight before the
project shut down. Grimm was reluctant, but accepted the
challenge after Sue questioned his courage. Sue and her brother
Johnny insisted on coming along as well, wishing to share the
risk. The quartet successfully launched into space, but intense
cosmic rays penetrated the ship's shielding and irradiated the
crew, forcing them back to Earth. On landing, they discovered
they had mutated into superhumans, and Sue became the Invisible
Girl. Dedicating their new powers to super-heroics and
scientific exploration, the quartet became the Fantastic Four.
Sue's relatively static invisibility power made her seem like a
weak link in the team at first, but she soon discovered that she
also had the ability to project and manipulate invisible force
fields, making her a more effective combatant.

One of the Fantastic Four's earliest foes was misguided
Atlantean warrior Namor the Sub-Mariner, who was strongly
attracted to Sue and vied with Reed for her affections. Sue was
drawn to Namor, who eventually became a valued friend and ally
to the Fantastic Four, but she remained true to Reed. When Sue
was gravely injured during a battle with the Mole Man, her
father-who had just recently escaped from prison-came out of
hiding to operate on her, saving her life and reconciling with
his children before he willingly returned to jail.

Like the other Fantastic Four founders, Sue has participated in
many mass super-hero gatherings over the years-notably the
original Contest of Champions, during which she teamed with Iron
Fist and Sunfire as pawns of an unknown entity to battle the
Grandmaster's pawns Daredevil, Darkstar and Australian hero
Talisman, ultimately teaming with Talisman to unmask the
Grandmaster's opponent as Death itself.